What else do you have to take to study high school language in the United States besides TOEFL and IELTS?

Many good sons and daughters of China who are determined to go abroad for further study have such a confusion, whether to take IELTS or TOEFL. Some students will ask the teacher when they come up, which is easier, or what is the difference between the two exams.

Many people are wondering, what is the difference between IELTS and TOEFL? The following small series will share the relevant contents about the differences between IELTS and TOEFL reading, hoping to help students who are preparing for IELTS.

The purpose, duration and form of the first exam. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is designed for non-English majors (the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc.) who apply for English study. ) and used to assess the ability of candidates to use English. TOEFL Most American universities or research institutions require foreign students to submit certain standard TOEFL scores when applying. As far as the test time is concerned, the IELTS test time is short, with a total duration of two minutes and forty-five minutes. However, because oral English has to be tested separately, it will take half or half of the time to complete the whole test. TOEFL lasts for 4 hours, and listening, speaking, reading and writing are completed in turn. Therefore, it is a great test for students' physical and mental strength. It is very necessary for students preparing for TOEFL to make psychological and physical preparations.

The length of the content. Although reading is the beginning of middle school students' exposure to English, they have read a lot since childhood. Reading is one of the strengths of middle school students in listening, speaking, reading and writing, but most students are still shocked by the length of reading such as IELTS and TOEFL.

The number of words in the explanatory article given by TOEFL is about 700 words. According to the statistics of TOEFL, online test and OG articles, the average number of words in each article is 700.7 words. So the data and statistics of global institutions are very close. The number of words in these articles will not exceed 750, but more than 650 at most. It can be seen that in order to test students' English ability within the rated time, TOEFL has made strict regulations on the number of words. The average length of IELTS reading articles is more than 900 words, which can reach about 1500 words. From this perspective, the number of words in IELTS should be more flexible. I don't think the number of words necessarily determines the difficulty of the article. Because TOEFL and IELTS are very similar, that is, you can do the right thing without understanding or reading the whole article. However, the change of the number of words is also a variable factor for candidates. In my opinion, all the variables will have a certain impact on the candidates.

Both TOEFL and IELTS have a large number of reading questions. Knowing their differences can help you prepare for the exam according to different characteristics and get good grades. This paper answers many candidates' inner questions from the perspective of reading, and makes a great difference between IELTS and TOEFL. Two or more test items can be selected for comparison and explanation.

Form and number of questions. There are 8 kinds of questions in IELTS and 10 in TOEFL, but negative factual information questions and factual information questions can be combined into one, and picture questions are not frequently tested, so there are also 8 kinds. The examination form of the topic is slightly different. TOEFL is a multiple-choice question (a summary topic is a multiple-choice question), but IELTS will still be blank. But all the questions are examined from the details of the article, the ability to understand long and difficult sentences, and the skills of locating and agreeing to replace. At the same time, TOEFL and IELTS also have different problem-solving skills, and each skill is different. In this respect, the two are still evenly matched and equally divided.

Vocabulary requirements for reading. From this perspective, the vocabulary requirement of TOEFL is 8000 and IELTS is 6000. But it is a bit difficult to compare TOEFL with numbers. Moreover, the choice of TOEFL reading materials pays more attention to the consideration of biology, and the subject vocabulary of biology is also worth mentioning in terms of difficulty. Therefore, in terms of quantity and "quality", TOEFL requires a large number of words. Moreover, the number of 8000 requirements actually appearing in the article is far more than that. If you don't have a strong understanding of guessing words and arranging sentences, some words that don't need to be memorized will also pose obstacles to reading and have a great impact on your grades.